Liwa 2023 Uphill Race Day 1

[@mhmzi]

Amazing video Peter! You are the only one that makes these movies educational and intresting due to the information about classes/tires/engines etc. No music, just pure sound and no fancy editing, Keep up the good work!

[@kurtler1]

Кто такая амазинх?

[@Evo7HKS]

Nice Coverage Peter. Just a clarification for everyone, this hill climb competition is 300 meters & 50 degrees. They prepare for this race day since a long time (1 year) as it takes place every 1 year end of December in the middle of the desert in Liwa Oasis (Empty Quarter UAE side) Prizes are valuable (every 1st winner in each category gets a new Nissan Patrol Y61) plus a cash prize for the first three places in each category. That’s why “some” don’t run an air filter, they come to this race with spare engines, transmission, axles, driveshaft, etc just like when you go to a drag race competition everything can happen. Most cars belongs to workshops & some have sponsors. Every workshop/team have to proof himself in this competition & for UAE this race is the most popular (there is drag races, drift, 1/2mile race, etc everything comes to your mind) but sand race is different for us, people come all the way from Oman & Saudi Arabia to this event, there is also straight sand drag. N/A Category most cars run TB48 engine (Nissan Patrol inline 6) and its stroked from 4.8L up to +6.5L (by using a longer stroke crankshaft from 102mm to 130mm & up to 142mm) and running methanol fuel + big camshafts + Nitrous , etc so it makes a lot of power. Even without Nitrous, a stroked naturally aspirated high compression TB48 can make more than 550whp with race fuel.

[@Orangeeliminatork]

Why they not use paddle tire ?

[@porksword4]

Why don't hardly any of them make it to the top just finish the thing

[@cumbob]

@@porksword4 might not do much testing outside of the event

[@kevintucker3354]

@@porksword4 Full throttle with over 1000 horsepower on a 50 degree grade is soft sand.. You’re joking right?!

[@kevintucker3354]

Thanks for the information! I had no idea they could punch those Patrol inline 6 engines to 6.5 liters!!

[@BBC.Customs.2]

So that's where the oil in the ground comes from 🤔 😆 Love the coverage Peter, it's appreciated!

[@mjodr]

Hahaha yeah they put a few gallons back into the sands, lol.

[@kevintucker3354]

😂😂, good one bro!

[@TurbineResearch]

These trucks are absolutely wild! Truly fire breathing dragons of the desert 🔥🔥🔥

[@seanbandley]

Savage monsters 🔥

[@joshmaitie5954]

Imagine rolling going up a hill and wheeling not to mention its sand Literally driving through mud

[@gsp911]

@@joshmaitie5954 And then imagine breaking down like approx. 90% of them do. 👍

[@martinultimatevw3779]

Stock and NA hooks best, money no problem, safety zero, fire safety none, rev limiter....yess 🤣 thanks for covering this gem!

[@iBe6uB9]

Well said! 👌

[@upurkilt7246]

There is safety and fire safety tho🤣

[@bj6469]

@@upurkilt7246 Not really, they were obviously not equipped enough to put out a full blown car fire. You call a small hose on an atv and some fire extinguishers sufficient at an event like this? Maybe you’re ironic.

[@upurkilt7246]

@@bj6469 yea, i do considering nhra events and near enough all drag events and drag strips in america only have a pickup truck with a hose on it and some fire extinguishers. Are you really expecting these lads to have a full-blown fire engine trying to get up a sand dune?

[@markalan4026]

I felt a little threatened for dude in the giant pictures when all the vehicles started blowing up

[@ryanbrockmiller1648]

DANG! and now I want some Power Horse energy drink. lol I have always loved watching these races. so much carnage so much beautiful engine noises.

[@iBe6uB9]

Great videos, I’m glad someone covers this wild action…I love this sport! Thank you for the upload, can’t wait for Day2

[@olekaarvaag9405]

I have never seen people push their engine more than this. Insane. You guys are beautifully crazy ❤️

[@geofw23]

Or stupid rich and don't care. 🤷‍♂️

[@j0nnyw00]

Well, when you have literally billions in oil royalties choking your bank account, you can afford 747's full of spare engines.

[@khoibao6334]

@@j0nnyw00 uuuy😮l😅😅😅😅 Byit

[@burnsson]

@@j0nnyw00 i wonder what idiots gave them all that money.

[@NotMoriarty1]

I think it's more the fact they don't have anybody that knows how to drive most of them guys were working at up restaurant last week

[@-MacCat-]

Thank you for bringing this to us Peter. These guys redefine "balls out racing"! Major kudos to them for providing excellent entertainment.

[@geofw23]

Lol seriously?

[@gharne3436]

Watching from New Zealand, wow these boys hit it hard!! impressive

[@theNZmatt]

nz!

[@kvnhhn]

The amount of money and working hours pulverized is insane 😂

[@cosworthTV]

@@cloudpandarism2627 well alot of people got paid!

[@cosworthTV]

@@cloudpandarism2627 THAT i understand because i feel the same i can't listen to abusing motors i just cant but in this case.. there is no love for the engines its just parts, money, satisfaction.. and rich people are just gonne be rich and dumb you know this

[@motec309]

​@@cloudpandarism2627 You are so biased and jealous its funny. I was in the event at LIWA, matter of a fact, I am from the country that hosts the event, UAE. (4 times I have been at the event) No one gets paid minimum wage first of all, the "workers" who does all the tuning work and welding dont get paid minimum wage, fun fact, most of them actually own these cars, they tune it and let a team member drive, or they drive it them self's. Also, nothing costs millions of dollars, its not a formula race, its an event with prizes and people participate to win and get a reputation which will eventually boost the sponsors and the garage's name that tuned the vehicle, which makes this event even more profitable for the tuners. Emergency vehicles and staff respond 24/7 and the fastest time possible, if you compare responses in USA you will see it is faster here, its just the one clip which you saw where they took long wasn't even long, as you can see emergency polaris was already there but the fire extinguisher wasn't enough so they called for the other polaris which had better equipment, also dont forget that the vehicle was burning high in the hill and not in the street. If you visit liwa, you would see how professional the police and emergency staff there, they are everywhere and very responsive.

[@GixxerKris]

@@cloudpandarism2627 it’s funny you think they do this to entertain a few rich spectators. They do it because they love racing, they simply do it on a giant sand hill. No different than what we do in the US. We take 200-300 thousand dollar trucks and destroy them in mud holes, we also take million dollar drag cars and rebuild the 200 thousand dollar engines after every 3sec pass.

[@jdc8352]

@@cloudpandarism2627 why are you watching then

[@jokisensimo]

Would be interesting to see some data logs from these runs e.g. wheel speed vs actual car speed. Great content as always Peter!

[@dragonsyph2557]

Most of these people have more money then brains and have no idea what the heck they are doing lol.

[@mikeduwe]

Wow more excitement in first 3 minutes than whole 2022 video!

[@Ipds70GltR]

Great like always Peter. Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to more 245 videos

[@jareknowak8712]

With one video per month, these 245 would be more than 20 years :)

[@north_exe]

FuelTech from Brazil to the World!

[@vihreelinja4743]

The ammount of sand in those engines must be epic.

[@warponyracing3042]

They sure know how to make things go boom!!😆

[@Jay-Dylan]

Man these things must be tuned right on the edge, so many blow ups. Killer footage again Peter! Love it! Hangout every year for this.

[@matton36]

Pretty sure they cant build engines properly

[@TheC.I.ACanSeeYou]

@Matts Channel pretty sure they ha e more practice than you so I'm pretty sure they are

[@matton36]

@@TheC.I.ACanSeeYou I race cars mate and build my own engines

[@TheC.I.ACanSeeYou]

@@matton36 cute

[@ferrarikingdom]

@@matton36 funny you say that when many of the world record drag cars are tuned and built by the same people.

[@Cheap_Grey_Plastic]

I don't think I've ever seen a race where this many vehicles break...immediately. Like, not after a few runs... literally drive a few feet and burst into flames/explode/dump all fluids. Fascinating.

[@geofw23]

What 👆 he means is..... zero talent. Lots of wasted money. And low amateur "drivers" "teams" at best. (Wish I had this money to blow in 2 seconds!)

[@effervescentrelief]

Hooking up in sand is unbelievably hard on components. Nothing to do with build quality.

[@NotMoriarty1]

​@@effervescentreliefhooking up's got nothing to do with it they don't know how to drive and they don't know how to build engines

[@kevinbresnahan3394]

The no air filter style is genius.

[@MrFabrizio1962]

Always a great Race, thank you for the sharing

[@More_Row]

Stock category didn't sound very stock. Wonder what the rulings are there. Thank you for the great coverage of the event Peter.

[@NoctisIgnem]

Probably allowed to use stock engine turbo atd such, no limit on amount of boost, fuel etc.

[@AlexDresko]

Yeah, I saw the first "stock" car and said to myself, "I do not think that word means what you think it means".

[@mjodr]

After watching them run twice I think the word "stock" means stock body and stock frame, because they were running crazy power.

[@exvils]

dunno but i bet its stock :D i mean stock body, stock diff/trany/engine, and by that i don't mean stock stock, but engine/trany that come in car must be kept, but you can upgrade it (straight gears, better diff insert, fully build engine, adding turbo/nitrous... probably also street legal cars)

[@mjodr]

@@exvils So what you're saying is it's stock, but not stock.

[@GeoffSeeley]

Pretty brutal and surprisingly dangerous. Loved the footage Peter!

[@gafrers]

great video of this crazy event 👍 The Subzero cars look great. Always a shame to see the emergency crews being slow and inadequate. Glad no one got hurt, beside some bruises. 18:00 Motec 1212 or 1812 but Fueltech sponsor/distributor? 🤣🤣 Great eye catching that Thanks Peter

[@effervescentrelief]

To be fair they did have to come up a hill, of sand, and the car was well beyond totaled.

[@fuelnfire9268]

I anticipate these videos every year! Thankyou so much

[@mihalis1010]

The number of engines that immediately detonated, and lack of rollcages was all somewhat surprising. It's like they threw the engines together, gave em all the boost and fuel, then just ran them at full tilt without tuning them.

[@mohammedalsuwaidi683]

These cars make well over 1500hp som are 2500+ too the 4 tyres and no grip and high rpm off course it will blow up some times and there's a rollcage under the fiberglass body and we put a lot of money into these cars sum team's put in hundreds of thousands into these cars but mistakes happens

[@jeremyatkinson4976]

@@mohammedalsuwaidi683 Awul lot of chinese parts....

[@mbt8545]

Plus the tyres bouncing up and down so traction, air tyre spinning and then touch the ground. Its not flat ground 😒 we don't see them fail on streets.

[@harrypalmer291]

The amount of out of tune cars and blown engines is crazy. A good tuner would make a fortune working in this part of the world.🤪

[@harrypalmer291]

@@mbt8545 Gasoline engines are easily kept in a safe rpm limit with ignition control boxes and I'm not a diesel guy, but there must be ways to govern "over-rev" thru injector cutoffs at too high an rpm. (?) I wouldn't want to blow my motors up over a simple fix.

[@scottytapp5296]

Diamonds must be flying out the exhaust... Sand. Heat. Compression. Wow... Aussie Scotty...

[@b_for_brett]

Worlds slowest fire marshals geez!

[@ShaunKjar]

Love this! I really like your explanation at the beginning. It was brief and helpful. I’d love some commentary from one of the teams. I’d love to hear about their approach to the hill, why they don’t use paddle tires or cut lugs off of tires, vehicle power estimates, builds, etc. It seems like the approach is either go or blow up!

[@PeterBjorck]

You have some info here in a FAQ video i did: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oWqZYnWOhb-Bm80

[@mikehale4914]

I was thinking the same thing! No paddle tire's

[@realblakrawb]

Today is the first time ive seen a couple guys roll their cars UPHILL

[@exvils]

Great video as always, i would like to see follow up videos with commentary/pit walk trough.. most ppl in comments don't get what it takes to compete at this level.. all these comments about engines failing, bad tunes etc. grinds my gears for real..

[@chadjohnson2853]

Man you guys do it right out there …. Great video

[@76vetten]

Always fun to watch. Great video.

[@johnwilliams8855]

Half the drivers need to learn how to shift, the other half need to learn how to install a rev limiter.

[@Fwr942]

Excellent coverage, thanks

[@nightnope]

always nice to see these races. i must wonder tho what is required to be in that new "stock" class..

[@Zadjelly]

stock engine i think

[@rutlandcitybikes9729]

Man they beat the snot outta those motors!! And they are all insanely done up! Blasting them to pieces!!

[@johnlane5344]

1st one sounded like an RB, second one looked like it was tuned by McFarland Racing

[@robertfischer5893]

Another legendary video. Cheers

[@extendedrangetechmetal1489]

i would like to see these cars on a drag strip... holy shit

[@kevinsellsit5584]

I have been watching for years now and never seen this much carnage. They usually get to the top with minimal amount of drama. I think the times are so fast they have made it much more difficult to keep the engines together. I would like to see an *electric class* 2WD and 4WD unlimited.

[@Riide]

i really hope they keep all the electric shit away from this sport

[@matgee8892]

Electric would be super interesting from a traction management point of view. It would take be very hard to keep it from just digging a hole.

[@kevinsellsit5584]

@@matgee8892 Indeed. But controllers like the Zilla allow you to program the ramp up rate throughout the RPM band. It would have to be "unlimited" class because it would take a few tries to get it right. The key would be the lightest battery that could dump current without exploding. 10 min run time and 1 burst, massive paddle tires and some idiot willing to light the fire.

[@More_Row]

Fuck that electric shit. Why do you think this event is in the middle east besides the cash flow of oil and gas. It's the only free place for racing with real car engines. Literally every where else neutering in all competitions. You really do not get it

[@EuroDollarYen_]

this is my new favourite racing event.

[@matgee8892]

Just a mad event as always. I do have to wonder how these guys can have all that cash to splash on engines but cant afford some fireproof gloves or in fact any fire gear that is adequate for the engines they are running. I'd be in full top fuel spec fire gear especially when you consider how long it can take for the fire crew to arrive.

[@austinfleck8664]

Yes!!! Love this series

[@norevlimitr1602]

At least they don't have to clean the track after a catastrophic engine failure.

[@davidhakes3884]

Great Fun!!!! and Carnage of Engines.

[@asconamannen]

Tummen upp

[@eliterry3785]

Blown engine. No need to clean track. Big plus! Good content. Thanx for posting.

[@palleppalsson]

I said you need a firewall not a wall of fire. @0:51

[@moonjumper66]

It's the fire brigade it's the fire brigade...and they don't let you wait !

[@thequattro20v]

New Series Stock, Doesn't sound stock to me😂😂😂

[@Hippie9D]

This is incredibly cool! Racing without all the nanny BS

[@denelvo]

Peter, why are these people so keen on blowing up engines?

[@More_Row]

I think they are having fun.

[@Labergemusic]

Still my favourite race event ever. Maybe I'll attend one day.

[@exvils]

heh, same i used chatgpt few days ago to calculate for me cost of going there :D it said it would be expensive, so it would make more sense for me to build car like that (patrol/hilux with tb48/1fz)

[@michaelovitch]

What are the rules about tires ?

[@riptwan]

I'm guessing "stock" is pretty loose lol

[@jvsyoutube3298]

glass windows=stock haha

[@MaxTIRA69]

Peter thank you very much for your beautiful video 👨🏻🇮🇹🇸🇪

[@Mazafaka77]

SubZero wins!

[@joshmaitie5954]

Can't wait for more videos

[@ckaspersen]

Hate that they have pictures of themselves behind the truck. So much worse than having your name on the door.

[@jamesshamley6577]

It's pics of cheech and chong.

[@mohanad7713]

That’s not them lol, they are the rulers and drivers put their pictures on their cars to show loyalty/respect

[@BikerrepOliver]

The bro one did pretty good though 😂

[@motec309]

No one is stupid enough to put his picture behind on the truck, they are pictures of our rulers and royals to show loyalty and respect, which westerners dont have I guess.

[@ckaspersen]

Loyalty and respect for those who keep women and foreign workers in living hell. Yea, thats much better.

[@barbarborbor6531]

วัยรุ่นอาหรับเล่นกันโหดจัด เล้าใจดีจัด💸💸💸

[@PoseidonWasTaken]

I've been looking forward to this for a long time! I really love these Liwa videos. What beasts of vehicles!

[@metal-pe8ux]

These Boyz have and awesome racing category --- huuuge horsepower...👍👍👍..

[@xavierfolger1304]

like the second car soo much. very entertaining...

[@rcvg69420]

A solid part of the entertainment is watching half these drive trains fail catastrophically before they get up the hill.

[@mars7786]

Funny seeing tuned by whoever on the side and the blow up

[@wimsnuif1232]

I cant thank you enough for this content!!! 👌🔥❤️💪Sssssstututuutuu 🔥❤️keep it up please i love these batshit crazy vehicles

[@truthbespoken7750]

Aww man that red vehicle was hot 🔥 literally

[@johnnygoins7457]

Yall are some badazzz sons of britches,holy shit you must be running 3/4in. Fuel lines ,holy shit ,I love it

[@MR-bp3in]

Ive been watching these guys for years, they've came a long way from wearing sandals a nightgown and a turbin and a factory lap belt 🤣🤣

[@johnpodo]

These keeps us busy in building V8s here for Middle East.

[@YesNoMaybeIDntKnwDoU]

Holy INDUCTION!!!

[@JayTalksinjury]

I think if they switched over to paddle tires and that would allow the tires to dig in and stop the High R.p.m.'s that are blowin the motors.. Happy new year 🎉

[@MrPowertech]

Wauw real stuff, bit dangerous though😁

[@Webedunn]

The non turbos are kickin butt.

[@SaschaFrohsinn]

Very good Video 👍👍👍👍 thx

[@crazzed4]

Some of them trucks are fast wow. Them are some crazy launches from a dig. Just shocks the hole truck when they let it eat. I can't wait for the next one. That was awesome to watch. 👍👍

[@extremelyunfocusedman]

Some of the liveries are mind-blowing 😂

[@aroussama1407]

Who cares about the liveries

[@extremelyunfocusedman]

@@aroussama1407 well somebody certainly does

[@michael7864]

Love it!!!!!!

[@mars7786]

To the wood no matter What got to love it

[@plutonium87]

Good stuff, looking forward to next video :)

[@longtime239]

These trucks are freaking amazing I think their drivers need to start keeping up with them Skill level of trucks 10 skill level of most drivers there 6 gotta bring it up fellas

[@mbt8545]

Its hard to control the wheel on sand and don't forget the tyres bounce a lot. Its jumping thats why some engines blow up... Its like traction on and off. So suspension setup is so important here.

[@wattsinaname6975]

@@mbt8545 That makes no sense. One of the engines blew up before it even went anywhere. 😆

[@andy74rc62]

"You're on.." - "Wait, just a sec, gotta change the airfilter...... oh well.. :) "

[@cephurs]

most rolls I've seen in years!

[@domsta2008]

What size engines are the 6 cylinder patrols ? Tb48? Are there any tb45s amongst them?

[@christopherslane7830]

Those fire/safety folks are right on it…I’d bet if they are regular firemen their claim would be…”Haven’t lost a basement or pool yet”.

[@kenh9508]

Hard to say what's worse. The transmissions or the fuel systems. They both suck. Exhaust team is spot on though.

[@MrToppox]

😈😈😈😈 great line up of videos 😈😈😈😈😈

[@1zbossz]

Was waiting for this 😍🔥

[@bolf]

Thanks for the video , :)

[@darwonboyful]

Incredible

[@Shahacah51]

They gave us a new meaning of kabooommmm 🤣

[@crashfields14]

Good to see oil sales are up and them enjoying western sports

[@Tedkelvin]

So glad the Nissan Patrol GQ is the standard in extreme desert racing in the Gulf.

[@joshuatoland9241]

I love this adrenalin! Why not with paddles? Rocket ship lets go!

[@jareknowak8712]

Peter, what exact engines are used in the 6 cylinder naturally aspirated cathegory?

[@Evo7HKS]

NISSAN TB48

[@spg3331]

Awesome!

[@jessed0308]

What temperature do eyeballs melt?

[@HeyJoe1978]

Them boys popin motors like I pop beer cans!

[@cyberpunk418]

hello i know nothing about this but i wondering if the turbo swallow sand with that strong suction